Hinge.



J. SOSS.

HINGE.

APPLICATIQN FILED NOV. 29. |916.

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, separate JOSEPH soss, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented J une 5, 1917.

Application filed November 29, 1916. Serial No. 134,015.

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, JOSEPH Soss, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges,

of which the following isva specification,

such as'will enable those skilled' in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

l `This invention relates to hinges, and particularly to what are known as invisible hinges, and the object thereof is to provide animproved hinge of lthis cla-ss which is especially designed for use in connection with the enginehood of an automobile, but which may be usedi-iu connection with doors of any kind or class, if desired; a further object being to provide a hinge for the hood of ari automobile enginewhich will prevent water or moisture passing in through the thereof.

The invention described and claimed herein relatesto hinges of the class shown and described in U. S. Letters Patent No. 880,697 granted to me March 3, 1908, and particularly to the method of using such hinges for specific purposes, andthe inveni tion is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the sepav rate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters. in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of the hood of the engine of an automobile; l

Fig. 2 a partial section on the lline 2-2 of Fig. -1 and showing the parts of the hood in a closed position;

Fig. 3 a View similar to F ig, 2 and showing the parts of the hood in an open position, and showing one part of the hinge in section; i y

Fig. 4 a face view looking in the direction of the arrow 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 a side view looking in the direction of the arrow 5 of Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification.

In the drawing forming part of this rspecification, I have shown, in Fig. 1, the

hood a of the engine of an automobile, and said hood comprises two side members a2 hinged together centrally of the'top of said hood at a3 where three of my improved parts of the hood at the top centrally thereof and on the back thereof hinges are employed, and the separateA side members a2 of the hood also consist of separate parts hinged together at a4.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the side members a2 of the hood consist of sheet metal and at the top of the hood said side members are provided with inwardly directed iange plates a5 at right angles thereto, and with which my improved hinge is connected. The hinge consists of two' separate similar parts, or hinge butt, members b which are constructed and operated in the following manner. separate parts or hinge butt members b are The connected with the flange plates a5 by screws c which are passed through said flange plates a5 and through the end portions of the hinge butt members b, and are provided with nuts c2, and the heads of said screws are countersunk in the flange plates a5.

The hinge butt members b are Aprovided with projecting and oblong body portions b2, the faces or corresponding front sides of which are cut outto form oblong recesses b3 which open through the main butt members b and the top and bottom walls of `manner that the link members of `each set comprise a longer arm d3 and a shorter arm d4, and the longer arms of each set of link members are connected by pins e, which are passed therethrough and the ends of which operate/in the grooves b4, while the shorter arms/of said link members are connected by pins e2 which are passed therethrough, and which are fixed or secured in the end walls of the recesses b3 in thel hinge butt members b2. y

One of the objects of this invention is to prevent water from entering the hood, or passing between the hinge connections of the separate parts thereof, andthe hood members a2 with their flange platesa5 maybe so formed as to closely fit when the hood, or the enter the hood, and the separate parts of the -`hinge are also protected from water or moisture, and the hinge or hinges, when the separate parts of the hood are in the closed position, are entirely concealed from view.

The hinges which connect the separate parts of the side portions of the hood at a* may be made in the samemanner as those employed at the top a3 of the hood, as will be readily understood, but the hinges which connect the separate parts of the side portions of the hood at a4 need not necessarily be the same as those which connect the separate side portions ofV theA hood at the top thereof. y

In Fig. 6, I have shown a modification in which the separate side members a2 of the hood are not provided at the top thereof with the inwardly directed flange plates a5 but `in lieu thereof I provide angular plates f, vthe parts f2 of which are riveted to the' hood'members a2, as shown at g, and the other parts f3' of which form the flange plates to which the hinge butt members b are secured by means of the bolts c and their nuts c2. v

Although I have shown and described my "improved hinge,as applied only to the hood of automobiles, it will be understood that the same may be applied to'doors of various kinds and classes, in which case, one part of the hinge will be' connected with the door and the other with the door jamb or frame,

, and when metal doors and door frames are employed, .either the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, or that shown in Fig. 6 may be used.

It will also be seen that the operative parts of the hinge 'herein shown and described is very similar to those of the patent hereinbefore referred to, in which the hinge is appliedk to ordinary doors, gates or the like, but in which the flange plate members a, as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, and the corresponding flange plate members f3 shown in Fig. 6, .are not employed, and in the invention described and claimed innthi's application the operative'or movable parts with 28th day of November 1916.

which the hinge butt membersb are provldedhare so adjusted and so connected with said hinge butt members that when the hinge is in operation and 'the separate parts of the hood, or other device, are in a closedposition, there is a narrow space between the -hinge butt members b in which the flange plate members z5-f3 fit, and this is the distinctive feature between the hinge described and claimed herein and that of the patent 'in a predetermined arc, said parts being each provided with flange plates at right angles thereto, of a hinge consisting of separate butt members secured to the inner side of said flange plates and connected by folding and swinging parts movably connected therewith and with each other.

2. A hingey for connecting two parts, said parts being provided with flangev plates at right angles thereto, and said hinge consisting of separate butt members adapted to be connected with said flange plates and which members pivotallyand slidably connected therewith, said butt members when in a closed position being separated by a narrow space to receive said flange plates.

In'testimony'that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence ofthe subscribing witnesses this JOSEPH SOSS.

Witnesses: s

' C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

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